This was a good one. Like Listener said, it was small in scope, but after some of these end-of-the-world tales we've had lately, I liked the change. I enjoyed the mental shift of Kurt as the drugs kicked in, especially the way he continued to explain everything to Starkweather even though the man was going to die. (Yes, I see this for the narrative tool that it is, explaining everything to the reader, but since the action fit the effect of the drug so well, the contrivance didn't bother me.)
I enjoyed Starkweather as a antagonist. His cool and cocksure demeanor was fun because you just knew there was going to be some detail he'd missed in all of his meticulous scheming that was going to be his downfall, cue bike.
And finally, the world building was detailed just enough to frustrate the crap out of me because I want to know all of the history of this world now. Obviously some crazy political poo went down and they're now under some sort of Big Brother style government. I want to know more.
I would also like to find Kurt and convince him to turn my car into a rhino-hybrid. Not too much to ask?
Props to Tim. I dug this one.